IT Strategy Intern - REMOTE

CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: CNO) is a leading insurance and financial services company focused on securing the future of middle-income America. Through brands such as Bankers Life, Colonial Penn, and Washington National, CNO delivers life and health insurance, annuities, financial services, and workforce benefits to more than 3.3 million policyholders, supported by $38.3 billion in total assets. With a strong financial foundation, national presence, and a culture rooted in integrity, excellence, and people-first values, CNO offers meaningful opportunities for professional growth and impact.

To be eligible for consideration, candidates must currently possess unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. The Company does not intend to sponsor work visas for this position or future full-time employment opportunities.

About the role

CNO Financial Group is hiring an IT Strategy Intern to work alongside experienced IT Business Architecture associates, assisting with professional day-to-day work within the department.

Responsibilities

• Assist in gathering information from stakeholders to help identify business needs, challenges, and opportunities.
• Help create and update simple business process maps, workflow diagrams, and presentation materials.
• Research and compile information from various business teams to support business architecture initiatives.
• Assist with tracking project activities, milestones, and alignment to business objectives.
• Support solution implementation activities by participating in testing, documenting results, and gathering stakeholder feedback.
• Help monitor and report on project outcomes, business benefits, and key performance indicators.

Requirements

• Progress towards a bachelor’s degree in IT or a related discipline.
• Status as a rising junior or rising senior, with approximate graduation dates of December 2027 – June 2029.
• Availability to work 40 hours per week for 10-12 weeks during the summer.
• Experience with various technologies and some prior hands-on exposure is preferred, along with the ability to leverage AI tools such as Microsoft CoPilot, ChatGPT, and GitHub CoPilot to analyze legacy systems and collaborate on developing transformational strategies.
• Candidate location in Central or Eastern US time zone is preferred, or willingness to work Central or Eastern time zone business hours.

Qualifications

• Prior internship experience.
• Balancing education and a part-time job during the school year.
• Participation with university clubs.

Schedule

The 2027 internship program will run from May 17 through August 6, 2027.

Benefits

• Paid Memorial Day and 4th of July holidays.
• Networking opportunities, leader talks, and career counseling.
• Development opportunities and insurance product/industry presentation series.
• An in-person event at one of CNO’s corporate offices during one week of the internship program.
• Final presentations and a volunteering event during the summer.
• Paid time to engage in Business Resource Group events.
• Access to the CNO Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Onsite fitness centers and Active & Fit Direct national fitness center discount program.
• Marathon Health webinars.
• Free entry code for the Monumental Marathon.

Pay

This is a paid internship at competitive rates.

Work Environment

CNO supports a flexible work environment and encourages associates to work where they are most productive. This position may work fully remote from any US-based location, provided they are able to work Central or Eastern Time hours. All work must be performed within the United States, and occasional travel to corporate offices may be required. Associates living within 60 miles of a corporate office (Carmel, IN or Chicago, IL) have access to work from that location as needed.